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Help with tube lengths for wing rods

nohoflyer

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I don’t have my plans in front of me and need to shorten the 12 foot pole that won’t fit in my car. I know that it eventually has to be shortened to fabricate the flight control rods in the wings.

Does anyone know the eventual lengths so that I can cut it up?

Thx.
 
If you are talking about the pushrods, here are some clips from my plans.
 

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Control rods

Cut it in half till you need exact dimension. I added 3/8" to each big rod and cut the small one in 1/2.
 
So it looks like 2 at 66” and 2 at 24”.

Thx.

Not from the same part, though. You see that, right? The 12' (large) tube makes two 66" long parts, and the smaller on (bellcrank to aileron) makes two more.

But just do what wirejock said...cut the large one in half until you cut it down to proper size later.
 
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